Hi all!
Following on from my post yesterday re: the idea of setting up an 80,000 Hours-esque website/charity, but instead of being a central repository for career advice it'd be for how to learn & build knowledge effectively whilst working on that career (i.e. whilst at university, to maximise gains and understanding), I've struck whilst the iron was hot and rejigged the website (although it's still in a very early form) and published the first post.
I'd hugely appreciate any feedback!
I've had a period of being somewhat obsessed with improving learning, mostly in the context of improving the performance of high-achieving math & CS students. Some random thoughts:
Some random thoughts from me as well:
About the concrete project:
Some counter points on drawbacks/challenges of Anki:
That all being said, if I went back to university, I'd definitely use Anki and I'm sure it would improve my performance a lot compared to my time there in the past where I didn't know what spaced repetition even is. I'd just say that it's maybe something like 40% of my personal ideal learning system, and there would be a lot beyond that (e.g. how to watch lectures, how to take notes, how to work on actual exercises, the fact that explaining things to others is very helpful, how to motivate yourself, how to plan and build a reliable system, ...).
You (and others) might find these resources interesting:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/qLqyPMfc8epav72JF/learning-how-to-learn
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/BzxbZqWoP9DRrznFi/learning-how-to-learn-and-20-studies
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/37sHjeisS9uJufi4u/scholarship-how-to-do-it-efficiently